Rising rates of colorectal and uterine cancers in US females under age 50 years

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute published age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates of colorectal and uterine cancers in females under age 50 years in the USA. The age-adjusted incidence rate of new colon and rectum cancer cases increased by 1.5% each year from 2000 to 2012 and then by 3.3% each year from 2012 to 2021, while the age-adjusted incident rate of new corpus and uterus,NOS cancer increased by 2.2% each year from 2007 to 2012 (panel A). The age-adjusted mortality rate for colon and rectum cancers did not significantly change between 2000 and 2004 before increasing by 1.1% each year from 2004 to 2022. The age-adjusted mortality rate for corpus and uterus, NOS cancers increased by 2.2% each year from 2000 to 2022 (panel B).